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Film: The critical list

Million Dollar Baby This must be a strong contender for the best of Eastwood’s 25 films as a director. He plays a lonely, crusty old fight trainer, who helps a no-hoper, Maggie (Hilary Swank), realise her ambition of being a boxer. A powerful drama. 12A, 132 minsCL

Hotel Rwanda During the Rwandan massacres of 1994, Paul Rusesabagina (excellently portrayed by Don Cheadle) saved the lives of the 1,268 people who took refuge in the hotel he managed. Terry George’s film is a solid dramatisation of this arresting story. 12A, 122 minsEP

Ray Taylor Hackford’s life of Ray Charles is a warts-and-all biopic of one man overcoming obstacles — poverty, blindness and drugs — to become a star. The music is wonderful and so is Jamie Foxx’s Oscar-winning performance, but the script is average. 15, 152 minsCL

Somersault When 16-year-old Heidi (Abbie Cornish) is caught kissing her mum’s boyfriend, she